President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Obama is launching a version of “take your child to work day” focused on America’s science laboratories instead of its corporate workspaces.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File/Thinkstock)

President Barack Obama is launching a version of "take your child to work day." It is focused on America's science laboratories. That's instead of its corporate workspaces.

It's part of Obama's effort to encourage young people. It is especially focused on girls and minorities. The president wants more of them to pursue careers science, technology, engineering and math.

More than 50 national labs in 20 states will open their doors to approximately students. About 5,000 are expected. The students will include elementary, middle and high school students. The labs hope to help spark interest by exposing the students to the scientists, engineers and lab employees who carry out important work in their communities.

The students include some from communities aligned with Obama's "My Brother's Keeper" initiative. They will participate in mentoring sessions. Those will include hands-on experiments. My Brother's Keeper is a public-private initiative. It was started by Obama. The idea is to help boys and young men of color stay on the right path. The White House Council on Women and Girls is also involved.

Obama's initiative is called "National Week at the Labs." It coincides with the end of February's Black History Month. And it also coincides with the start of Women's History Month in March.

Obama says it's good for the country when young people are excited about science.

"Being pro-science is the only way we make sure that America continues to lead the world," he told Popular Science magazine.

Obama started the annual White House Science Fair. He said budding scientists should be celebrated as much as Super Bowl football teams. The administration is also more than halfway toward his goal. The president hopes 100,000 new math and science teachers will be trained. The goal is to reach that number by 2021, he said.

"We want the next game-changing industry or life-saving breakthrough to happen right here in the United States," Obama said.

Two reasons why technology jobs are important is because technology jobs are good for America and they improve Americas economy. Evidence from the text states," Being pro-science is the only way we make sure that America continues to lead the world." This shows that America will continue to lead the world if they spread technology jobs around America.